Jobs report shows employers added 119,000 jobs
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The health care industry led the nation in job growth in September, continuing a months-long trend of resisting economic headwinds.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, in the month of September the unemployment rate stayed roughly the same at 4.4 percent, translating to 7.6 million people. It’s a bump from one year prior, when the rate was 4.1 percent, or 6.9 million people.